As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
ARKANSAS | 71-0556208 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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17901 CHENAL PARKWAY LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS |
72223 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC. 2009 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Greg L. McKinney
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.
17901 Chenal Parkway
Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
(Name and address of agent for service)
501-978-2265
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
H. Watt Gregory, III
Kutak Rock LLP
124 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
501-975-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title Of Securities To Be Registered |
Amount To Be Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Per Share (2) |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) |
Amount Of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, $0.01 par value |
400,000 shares | $69.21 | $27,684,000 | $3,565.70 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued in the future to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. |
(2) | Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of the registrants Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 18, 2014. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (the Company or the Registrant) to be issued pursuant to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (the Plan). The prior registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-18390, referred to as the Prior Registration Statement), as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) on September 14, 2012, is currently effective and, as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
(a) | The Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014 (including portions of the Companys definitive Proxy Statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders incorporated therein by reference); |
(b) | The Companys current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2014 (excluding the matters in Item 7.01 and Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 therein, which are not incorporated by reference herein) and March 6, 2014; and |
(c) | The description of the Companys Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 26, 1997, and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other later filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Number |
Description | |
5.1 | Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). | |
23.2 | Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP. | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement). | |
99.1 | Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1(b)(i) to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference). | |
99.2 | Amendment to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended, effective as of April 15, 2013 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on March 21, 2014.
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Greg L. McKinney | |
Name: | Greg L. McKinney | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and | |
Chief Accounting Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned, a director or officer, or both, of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (the Company), acting pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby appoints George G. Gleason and Greg L. McKinney or any one of them, attorneys-in-fact and agents for me and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as a director or officer, or both, of the Company, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all supplements and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURES | TITLE | DATE | ||
/s/ George G. Gleason George G. Gleason |
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | March 21, 2014 | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
/s/ Greg L. McKinney |
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | March 21, 2014 | ||
Greg L. McKinney | ||||
(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer) | ||||
/s/ Dan Thomas Dan Thomas |
Vice Chairman, Chief Lending Officer and PresidentReal Estate Specialties Group | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Jean Arehart |
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Jean Arehart | Director | March 21, 2014 |
/s/ Nicholas Brown |
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Nicholas Brown |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Richard Cisne |
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Richard Cisne |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Robert East |
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Robert East |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Catherine B. Freedberg |
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Catherine B. Freedberg |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Linda Gleason |
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Linda Gleason |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Peter Kenny |
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Peter Kenny |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Henry Mariani |
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Henry Mariani |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Robert Proost |
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Robert Proost |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ R.L. Qualls |
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R.L. Qualls |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ John Reynolds |
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John Reynolds |
Director | March 21, 2014 | ||
/s/ Sherece West-Scantlebury |
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Sherece West-Scantlebury |
Director | March 21, 2014 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number |
Description | |
5.1 | Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). | |
23.2 | Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP. | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement). | |
99.1 | Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1(b)(i) to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference). | |
99.2 | Amendment to the Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. 2009 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended, effective as of April 15, 2013 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference). |